Mike Cook

Mike has been a part of the natural food industry since 1977, when he opened his first health food store. Four years later, he introduced natural foods to conventional supermarkets. In 1988, Mike started the natural foods brokerage company Natural Specialties, Inc. and grew it to be the largest sales and marketing organization in the industry. He sold the company to Acosta and followed it there to continue building it. After serving on the Acosta executive leadership team, Mike retired in 2006. He currently manages a variety of investments, serves on the board of a new company, and does service work for his church. Mike and his wife of 40 years, Beverly, have an avid interest in natural products and herbology. They have five grown children and seven grandchildren.